coolly

adverb

variants also cooly
Definition of coollynext
as in casually

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Recent Examples of coolly Machado nearly tied Game 4 with a 406-foot drive off reliever Abner Uribe, but Mitchell coolly tracked it down and reached just above the short wall in right-center to keep it in the yard. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 To do the job, Lowen must temporarily move into the author’s home, a coolly lavish modern house in rural Vermont, where Verity’s many boxes of files are stored—and where, of course, Jeremy also lives. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 Murray reacted coolly as the ice water cascaded over him, standing up and clapping his hands while walking it off. — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Then, on the very next series, Philo coolly dropped back on third-and-11 – with the crowd going bonkers – and fired a 20-yard TD strike to Dallas Wilson. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026 In a moment of chaos in the back, Colorado native Lindsey Heaps latched onto the rebound and coolly slotted the ball past the Angel City goalkeeper. — Spencer Baldwin, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2026 The family’s dream home (a magazine-pristine and coolly atmospheric feat by production designer Alain Bainée) certainly looks solid, but proves quite permeable — beginning one morning when a gaping hole suddenly appears in the garden wall. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 As if to signal this iteration hasn’t completely deviated from its roots, in the show’s opening moments, Deborah Wayne coolly flicks the iconic flip-up frames made famous by Hardison’s Dwayne. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 After controlling the ball twice with his head, Bouanga sprinted into the box and coolly lifted it over goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland and into the net. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 26 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coolly
  1. casually
  2. nonchalantly
  3. candidly
  4. frankly
Adverb
  • But there’s something widely appealing about speaking casually, broadly and vaguely in order to reduce friction.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • One such instance is when Adelaide casually drops the word that will send King fans into a frenzy.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of casually
Adverb
  • In the video, the popular streamers Maya Higa and FaZe Adapt sit together on a log, chatting nonchalantly as a massive grizzly bear lumbers toward them.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Couples stroll nonchalantly around the fountain, seemingly without a care in the world.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonchalantly
Adverb
  • The film has drawn the somewhat odd criticism — also cited, candidly, in a review from his publication — that the story is told almost exclusively from the point of view of Israelis, a complaint to which Cohen responds thoughtfully.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The 82-year-old actor writes candidly about infidelity, addiction, his son’s imprisonment and his battle with oral cancer, while reflecting on the costs of a life in show business and his love for California.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of candidly
Adverb
  • The serious question of, frankly, human survival did not seem to interest them at all.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There are four of us on staff at The Verge actively testing Googlebooks and, frankly, our internal Slack discussions have been mostly filled with collective venting of frustrations, disappointments, and bewilderment.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of frankly

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“Coolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coolly. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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